Photograph
by
Crete
HARVESTING FURZE NEAR PLOUGASNOU
This spiny evergreen shrub with tiny yellow flowers is found throughout western Europe, usually growing
onotherwise
barren
heaths.
InBrittany,
as in other parts of France, it is used for fuel, while the tender shoots make good forage. The furzeharvesters
pack
theshrub
inmounds
similar
to our haystacks.